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European Film Academy Selects ‘Flow,’ ‘Living Large,’ ‘Savages,’ ‘Sultana’s Dream’ and ‘Piano Player’ in Animation Award Contest


The European Film Academy has revealed the nominations in the animated feature film category of the European Film Awards.

The nominated films are Gints Zilbalodis’ “Flow,” Kristina Dufková’s “Living Large,” Claude Barras’“Savages,” Isabel Herguera’s “Sultana’s Dream,” and Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal’s “They Shot the Piano Player.” “Living Large”(Czech Rep., France, Slovakia)Directed by: Kristina DufkováWritten by: Petr JarchovskyProduced by: Matej Chlupacek, Marc Faye, Agata Novinski A New York music journalist goes on a quest to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of young Brazilian piano virtuoso Tenorio Jr. A celebratory origin story of the Latino musical movement Bossa Nova, the film captures a fleeting time bursting with creative freedom at a turning point in Latin American history in the 60s and 70s, just before the continent was engulfed by totalitarian regimes.

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